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New round for Max Planck Junior Scholars Program (deadline: February 15, 2015)

The Max Planck Junior Scholars Program offers internships to excellent high-school students to gain research experience at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (Frankfurt am Main), the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt am Main) or the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research (Bad Nauheim) and to become enthusiastic for a future career in the natural sciences. Students currently enrolled in grade 10 or 11 are eligible to apply.

Our program includes a summer internship in one of our eight host laboratories (minimum of three weeks) followed by weekly visits to your sponsoring lab (1-2 hours each) during the new school year. During this time you will work together with a mentor (either a research assistant, graduate student or a postdoctoral fellow) on a scientific project. You conclude the program with a presentation and a report.

The call for applications for the next round (starting in the summer of 2015) is now open The application deadline is February 14, 2015.